Wall compartment for garment bags



Jan. 28, 1958 s. H. MARKS 2,821,295

WALL COMPARTMENT FOR GARMENT BAGS Filed Dec. :50, 1955 Tic'l- INVENTOR.5/11 1. fiMHRA S ATTORNEY WALL QQMPARTMENT FDR GARMENT BAGS Saul H.Marks, rooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Phoenix Closet Accessories, Inc., NewYork, N. 1 a corporation of New Jersey Application December 30, 1955,Serial No. 556,728

6 Claims. (Cl. 206-10) This invention relates to garment bags for use inprotecting clothing to be hung in a closet or other storage. Moreparticularly, the invention deals with the PIOVlSlCl'l of a wallcompartment upon the upper front wall of a bag of the type and kindunder consideration with a longitudinally disposed separable fastenerextending from one side wall to the opposed side wall of the garment bagto control access to the compartment.

Still more particularly, the invention deals with a compartment of thecharacter described, which is primarily formed from a single oblongrectangular sheet of transparent plastics or other material which formsan extension to the front wall, as well as a window front for viewingthe contents of the container.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from thefollowing description, when taken together with the accompanyingdrawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosedand, in WhlCl'l, the separate parts are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views and, in which:

Fig. l is a partial perspective view of the top front portion of theopen garment bag, diagrammatically illustrating the closure fastenersemployed.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;and

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of part of a compartment forming Wall sheetwhich I employ.

In Fig. l of the drawing, I have indicated at 14? the front, upperportion of a garment bag, 11 represent ng part of the top wall, 12 thenormal front wall WhlCh extends to a position short of the front edge 13of the top wall 11. At 14 I have indicated one of the side walls.

The front wall 12 has, vertically arranged thereon, a long separablefastener, diagrammatically seen at 15, to control access to the interiorof the bag in hanging and removing garments therefrom. The short frontwall forms, between the upper edge 12 of the front Wall, as noted inFig. 2 of the drawing and the top wall 11, an opening 16. This openingis closed by a supplemental front wall 17, which constitutes one wallpart of a compartment forming strip or sheet 18, shown, in part inperspective, in Fig. 3 of the drawing. This strip or sheet is formed ofplastic or other transparent material, the sheet being folded, asindicated at 19, to form a front window wall portion of a resultingcompartment 21 to be formed at the opening 16. The wall 20 terminatesshort of the upper edge of the wall 17, as clearly noted in Figs. 2 and3 and attached to the upper edge portion of the wall 20 and anothersupplemental front wall portion 22 is a longitudinally disposedseparable fastener 23, which is diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 1of the drawing.

The separable fastener 23 extends from one side to the other side of thebag, thus forming a substantially complete opening 24, giving access tothe compartment 21. It will be noted, from a consideration of Fig. 3 ofthe drawing, that the upper portion of the wall 17 has a plurality oflongitudinally spaced apertures 25,

atent ice so that vapors from mothproofing chemicals that are disposedin the compartment 21 can extend into the interior of the bag. Thechemicals in the form of crystals or the like can be viewed through thewindow wall 20 so that, at all times, the presence of the crystals orother particles can be noted by the user of the bag.

One of the distinctive features of the compartment construction residesin the simplicity of assemblage with the bag to minimize the cost. Itwill be apparent, from a consideration of Fig. 1 of the drawing, thatthe side edges of the sheet 18 are secured in position by the front sidefinishing strips 26 when they are stitched in position; whereas, theupper edge of the wall 17 is simply positioned within the top finishingstrip 27 when this finishing strip is stitched to the top wall 11 andthe supplemental top wall 22, the latter being preferably composed ofthe same type of material as employed in the remainder of the wallstructures of the bag. In like manner, a finishing strip 28 is stitchedto the folded portion 19 of the sheet 18 and the upper edge of the frontwall 12 in a single stitching.

In attaching the separable fastener 23, two finishing strips 29 arestitched by double stitchings 30, note Fig. 2, to the tapes of theseparable fasteners and to adjacent edge portions of the walls 20 and22, this double stitching reinforcing the compartment structure tocompensate for the stress or strain in operation of the fastener 23.

With a compartment structure of the character de scribed, it will beapparent that placement and replacement of the moth attaching crystalsor other articles can be quickly and easily accomplished and theelongated window panel 20, will at all times, keep the user of thegarment bag advised as to the need for replacement or renewal of theseelements.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment bag including front, side and top wall portions, meansforming a wall compartment in the front wall adjacent the top wall andextending between said side walls, said means comprising a sheet oftransparent plastic material, folded to form a supplemental front walland a window wall portion, the front wall proper of the bag beingsecured at its upper end to the folded portion of said sheet, thesupplemental front wall of said sheet extending to the side and topwalls and being secured at intersections of the side and top walls, thebag having a supplemental front wall portion arranged between the topwall and upper edge portion of said window wall, and a separablefastener extending between the side Walls and positioned adjacent theupper edge of said window wall to give access to a compartment formed bythe walls of said plastic sheet and said supplemental front wall portionof the bag.

2. A garment bag including front, side and top wall portions, meansforming a wall compartment in the front wall adjacent the top wall andextending between said side walls, said means comprising a sheet oftransparent plastic material, folded to form a supplemental front walland a window Wall portion, the front wall proper of the bag beingsecured at its upper end to the folded portion of said sheet, thesupplemental front wall of said sheet extending to the side and topwalls and being secured at intersections of the side and top walls, thebag having a supplemental front wall portion arranged between the topwall and upper edge portion of said window wall, a separable fastenerextending between the side walls and positioned adjacent the upper edgeof said window wall to give access to a compartment formed by the wallsof said plastic sheet and said supplemental front wall portion of thebag, said separable fastener including tapes, and means comprisingfinishing strips for securing the 3, tapes to the lower edge of thesupplemental front wall portion and the upper edge of said window wallportion.

3. A garment bag including front, side and top wall portions, meansforming a wall compartment in the front wall adjacent the top wall andextending between said side Walls, said means comprising a sheet oftransparent plastic material, folded to form a supplemental front walland a window wall portion, the front wall proper of the bag beingsecured at its upper end to the folded portion of said sheet, thesupplemental front wall of said sheet extending to the side and topwallsand-being secured at intersections of the side and top walls, thebag having a supplemental front wall portion arranged between the topwall and upper edge portion of said window wall, a separable fastenerextending between the side walls and positioned adjacent the upper edgeof said window wall to give access to a compartment'formed by the wallsof said plastic sheet and said supplemental front wall portion of thebag, said separable fastener including tapes, means comprising finishingstrips for securing the tapes to the lower edge of the supplementalfront wall portion and the upper edge of said window wall portion, thefront wall of the bag having a vertical opening extending to saidcompartment, and a separable fastener controlling said opening.

4. The combination with a garment bag, of means for forming a windowedcompartment in one wall of the bag, said means comprising a folded sheetof transparent plastic material, the fold of the sheet dividing the sameinto an inner wall portion forming a complete closure for one wall ofthe compartment to be formed, an outer windowed Wall portion formingpart of an opposed outer wall of said compartment and the garment bag,the remaining part of said last named wall of the compartment beingformed by part of the material of the bag, adja- 35 cent edges of saidparts being spaced to form an opening therebetween, means for closingsaid opening, and side edges of inner and outer portions of said sheetbeing directly attached to the bag in formation of the compartment.

5. The combination with a garment bag, of means for forming a windowedcompartment in one outer wall of the bag, said means comprising an innerwall extending across the upper portion-of a wall of the bag and securedin boundary seams of said well, a twopart outer wall, said parts beingof the same length as the inner wall and secured in said boundary seamsof said bag wall, one outer wall part being transparent and integralwith the inner wall part and forming an exposed part on the outer wall'of the bag, the other outer wall part matching the material of the bag,and means joining adjacent free edges of said outer wall parts for themajor portion of their length to control access to said compartment.

6. The combination with a garment bag, of means for forming a windowedcompartment in one outer wall of the bag,-said means comprising an innerwall extending across the upper portion of a wall ofthe bag and securedin boundary seams of said wall, a two-part outer wall, said parts beingof the same length as the inner wall and secured in-said boundary seamsof said bag wall, one outer wall part being transparent andintegral withthe inner wall part and forming an exposed part on the outer wall of thebag, the otherouter wall part matching the material of thebag meansjoining adjacent free edges of said outer wall parts for the majorportion of their length to control access to said compartment, and saidinner wall having apertures-openinginto said garment bag.

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